A amigo Mrcdr!
4 . .
Una Ronsnta , amu rderim convicteapT poisoning,
was executed at Smethport, filt.ean county, in this
State, on the 30th ult. On the morning after the
banging ,(wo copy from the Mclean Orbit:) -.
"The grave of Mr. Robbins appeared to here
been disturbed, and it was finally -thought best, to
examine. On digging dOwn to, the coffin, it was
found that the 'Wiled been bored some ten or twelve
Inches from the head and split off: The end of the
coffinias empty except seine little dirt bad fell in;
the jr" eral impression at first was, that the body
had b en taken out, but there was a doubt of the
possibility of the removing the body through the
epperture made in the coffin, and upon removing
the dirt whiCh had fell in, it was. found that the
head had been severed from the, body and carried oft
The.deep disgust and indignation felt by those
present, led them to-conclude to make some, inves
tigations to discover the "grave fiend."—There had
recently been a building reinoVeda little out of town,
which was undergoing some repaire, and_ which
being back from the road and frequented by a person
upon whom suspicion rested, particularly attracted
the attention of those present. COnsequently our
citizens,
to the number of some twenty or thirty,
repaired tb the building. The person suspected
was in the building at work at his bench. The
crowd passed up a board into the door of the build
ing, quiet and silent. - As they began to file into
the toom, the suspected person, without speaking,
turned around and set dowti on his work bench;
_ still tere was note word spoken, either by him or
.the crowd,,but there was a deep emotion' visible in
hie countenance. Finally, after the crowd had got
into the building, a search wee proposed, but no
mention made for what they were sea/chine, end
they commenced; still the suspected person sat per
fectly dumb and almost motionless. After a few
moments, two or three persons' went to a pile of
shavings in the corner of the room, partly under the
end of.the work bench, and pulled out from—under
the shavings a glass box, saying '-here it is," and
sat the box out into the middle of the room, and
upon brushing otytka EltayingP , the hand was found
in the box."
The head wits decently re-interred, but when the
person suspected, Anna P. DARRAS, was sought af
ter, it was found he had fled before the ?recess. fur
histrrest could be made out.
A West; 815040.== - The Norwich Courier thus
relates the narrow escape of a boy 14 or 15 years of
age, named Lootnis, \ from downing in the sound a
few days since. The lad wished to visit New York,
and for this purpose,he ; :secreted himself on board
the steamer Knickerboeker,,on Monday night—
t'..jtskht ed Now York safely, and \set out to come home
the same boat on Tuesdavevening,. About
midnight, when the steamer was — somewhere off
Saybrook the young scape-grace fell overboard in
some way—in just what way he seems unable to
explain. He cried fur help, but nobody heard him,
and tho boat went on her way. He says his first
impulse was, after finding himself left to his fate,
to strike for the Connecticut shore; but, looking in
the direction of New York, he saw, or thought he
-saw, a vessel of some sort in the steamer's wake,
and he concluded to "lie to" awhile till he should,
find out what it was, and whether it was likely to
come within his reach. ' The result was that she
came steadily on, nearer and nearer,. till at length
i`
she cdme within hailing distance. He " poke" the
craft—which proved to be a fishing s ack—and
was soon picked up by her, and taken into
,New'
London, from which place news of the boy's rescue
was telegraphed to hia,friends in Norwich.
How it WAS DoNs.—When :neral Hintnn batt
ed from his keepers, his first care was to make them
safe by turning his,key upon them. Ho then left
the Weddel House without stopping to pay his bill,
and took his course up Centre street Having gain
ed the grade of the Pittsburg railroad, he followed it a
short distance, but soon concluded it safer to make
a short'dctour therefrom. Ho regained It, however,
near the city limits, and at day-break brought op in a
thicket near Newburgh. For forty-eight hours he
subsisted on green corn , and tt piece of salt fish
that ho stealthily obtained. Finally,- fatigued and
footsore, he approached tlio habitation of man ob
tained breakfast, bought a horse and boldly pursued
his journey. At Wellsville he voluntarily Burton=
dered to the tavern keeper. He gives it as his
' opinion that he could have escaped across the river,
and by taking to the mountainous region of Vir
ginia, and plying his trade of carpenter and joiner,
have ;defied pursuit. Others have their doubts. lie
also says that it was at no time his intention to es
cape.for a loner time than he, could procure his
witnesses and make ready toestablish his innocence.
This point is open Tor discussion.—Cleveland Her
- aid.
A FOUR ;OLD SVICIDE..... Mr. Daniel P. Belknap,
of this town, committed suicide on Tuesday in a
most shocking manner. Ile cut his throat twice
with a razor, nearly severing the wind-pipe; then
witty a knife stabbed himself in the region of the
heart, making a gash about three inches in length;
ho then tied round his neck a hirdkerchief, which
was, spliced to some others fin fastened round a
bed post, and then jumped out'of the chamber win
dow, but the handkerchief gave way and he came
to the ground. He next started for the water with
all the speed in his power, from which he was res
cued by the people with whom he boarded.- lie
commenced the act about 12 o'clock, and died of the
*round in his body about - 3.
lie had made several stabs at his body before he
..effected the mortal wound, the 'ribs affording pro
-toction. Mr. Belltnap`hail been insane for a lung
time, and been at the Worcester Asylum fora year.
—Dedham Democrat. ' • . ,s'
TEE SlIfiLL NOTE Lew.—The following from the
last Harrisburg ney'stone, in reply to the Intel/igen
csr, a Whig paper, is what may be culled the hit di
rect: •
Tho lastinialligencer is severe upon,this law
and its authors. We refer the editor to what GOY.
Johnston said on the subject in 1849: •
"A large portion of the currency of the State
consists of note's of a lower denomination than five
dollars, many of them spurioui and defaced, issued
by forqgn institutions—about whose sohency no
knowledge can bo possessed by the citizens. -
' , This circulation, while it inflicts injury on the
community, is in direct contravention of the expreat
terms of the law. As it is manifest the existing
laws will not remedy the evil, it is suggested that
an act preventing under severe penalties, the banks
end brokers, dealing in money, from receiving on
deposit, exchanging, or paying the same from their
counters, would have a beneficial effect in driving
these notes from circulation."
Mae. MILLER.—Nre learn from a source fulli en
titled to credit, that Mrs. Miller, whose sudden dis
,appearunce and supposed suicide at Niagara Fulls,
elicited so much remark a few months since, has,
within a few days, returned to the home of her fath
er, the late senator Nervell, at Detroit, Michigan,
who has died during her absence. The stories with
which the press has teemed about her having gone
to Europe in company with a gentleman, ttc., are .
wholly unfounded. Her mind seems to be disordered,
and, it is supposed by her friends, that her absence
'was induced by the wring religious excitement Wi
der which she has been laboring fur some
Y. Courier.
IxrairrmicTn! lirlualart.---.0,1 Sunday last the
village of JaVa - WaS thrown into the most dreadful
consternation,iby ono of the most-,truic and truly
horrible scenes. A Mrs. 13nTsrrr, - Wife of Mr.
, CARSON DATANT, a highly respectable citizen of
that place, cut the throats of her youngest children,
the one three years and -the other six months old;
and then cut her own. The fearful act was com
mitted with oneofherhueband'u razors., The moth
-4r and children tvere.found side-by-side, quite dead.
No cause Can be assigned for the drepdful deed.
A Ritmottesmss, savage, bret!e•browild'hus l
bano was fined in Philadelphia, a day or two since
for putting ciw.itch in his wife's stocking, before
she went' to a dancing party. t3lte became quite
wild while dancing, and could scarcely keep from
tearing her stockingtfoff befure.the wholeco mpany.
Her husband wished to break her of the practice
-abe had of running to all the dancing soirees.
liinsorr . nourno'Ovr.n.—Anis trial haa'been
con
cluded, and Moron bound over in $15,000 bonds.
There was no defence in fact; bat an effort to make
bin bail as favorable as possible. This case will
never come to trial. "(V" Mark that! •Ttie bail
will be given and forfeited!;Clevela nd Pkindealei:
o .Bstinette Pill." Is the .amo of a new pill an Albany
Dvtor is getting up for the core of eon breeelree.
'brie Pttlit 440tiltt.
ERIE,
SATURDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 21,1850.
('b(Os (i)f:J
FOR- CONGRESS.
CARLTON B. CURTIS,
OF WARDEN COUNTS'
CANAL ,COMMISSIONER.
WM. T. MORISON, of Montgomery.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS, of Mifflin.
SURVEYOR*GENERAL,
J. P. BRAWLEY, of Crawford.
Health of Erie.
The recent census of our city demonstrates that
it lane of the healthiest towns in the country.—
Out of a population of 6000 we have had but 66
deaths in a year. Where is there another town oT
the same population that can'abow ao small a bill
of mortality.
Edenboro Plank Road
In going out of town- the other day, we . noticed
that the contractors on this road were pushing the
work with all possible dispatch. -Shovels,,scropers,
plows and teams, were busy in cutting down the
Hill at Eagle Village, and every thing indicated that
the contractor, Mr. Galbraith, would . redeem
his pledge to have five miles finished.by the first
of January.
Our Population.
From the enumeration given in the Gazette, and
furnished from the recent census by Deputy Mar
shal CAUCHIPaj we find the aggregate of 6,850: of
the foreign residents, theri are 1063 Germans, 333
Irish, about 100 English, and 74 colored; of those
who can neither read nor write, over 20 years of
ago. there aro 100, and of those who can read but
not write, there are 200. Deaths during the year
66. The population in 1810 was 3412: showing en
increase of 2393, in the last ten years.
The Village of Girard..
We were beautiful
gratified the other day, on a brief
visit to this uillage, to see the unmistake
able evidence of the growth and prosperity which are
presented to the eye. A, large and splendid brick
edifice, to be used as en Academy, hi' in process of
erection, and will be finished in Limo to open a ,
school in it this winter. It is built by private sub
scription, and is a gratifying evidence of the public
spirit \ and intelligence of the citizens of that atelier'
of the l ounty. A large blockief stores, five in num
ber, three stories high, are 'early finished, besides
otherluildings of minor imp rtance,were among the
. l i 1
improvements we noticed. Wo understand, also,
th 4. a paper is about to be e tablished there. It is
to b'e whig in politics, and i 'tended, we presume, to
i
be the organ of the whig pa ty in that portion of the
county. In addition to al " this, and perhaps the
moat i nteresting to the hungry, our friend Wedelnr
keeps one of the best hotels on the road from Erie
to the Ohio line. We recommend our friends to
give him a call'.
The New York Democracy.
The united Democracy of New York, assembled
in State Convention'at Syracuse last week,'and af
ter several days spent in settling contested seats,
fixiv upon a system of organization, to., contrary
to oacexpectationr, and Whig hopes, unanimously
!nit in nomination the following ticket: HoesTio
SIIT3IOUR, of Oneida, fur GOvernbrf SANFORD E.
Omen, of Orleans, for Lieut. Governor; long C.
MATHER, for Canal Commissioner; CriARLR3 S.
Barrrow, for Clerk of the Court of Appleals; and
Was. P. ANGEL, for State Pilsen Inspector. These
nominations are well received by both sections of
the party, and if we are not grossly deceived in the
signs of the times, are destined to be elected by an
overwhelming majority. Indeed, so far as we can
see at this distance from the battle-field, the Democ
racy of New York are firmly and perinanently uni
ted. The following are the resolutions adopted by •
Convention, so far as they relate to national•afl'aire;
and it will be seen that they reindorse the Baltimore
platforms of 1840-'44—:48, and approve of the
passage of the series of bills by Congress, embraced
in the compromise. Truly the star of peace shines
brightly in the Empire State:
Resolved, That the Democratic party of New
York are proud to avow their fraternity with, and
their devotion to the groat principles• ofi the Demo
cratic party of the Union,as declared in the National
Democratic Conventions held at Baltimore in 1840;
'44 and '4B, and they look forward in hopo and con
fidence to the complete triumph of that party in
1852.
Resolved, That we congratulate the county upon
the recent, settlement by Congress of the questions
which have unhappily 'divided 00 people of these
States. '
Rea.,That whilst we wage no factious war against
the constituent authorities, and as American cilia
zone, will, stand firmly by our country, by whomso
ever its government may he' administered, we re
gard the action of the, whig National Administra
tion, from thefirst exhibitions of its proscriptive and
intolerant course, to the climax of the Galphin
claim, as worthy of the false pretences under which
it came into power, and of professions which have
been int ariably violated.
Resolved, That devoted to the principles and form
of ous confederation, ever mindful of the blessings it
has secured to ourselves and to mankul, and re
garding the citizens of all sections of our country
as members of a common brotherhood, we cherish
the union of the states as the ark of our political
covenant, -and that we deprecate all sectional • agit
ations ■t the north or south, calculated to impair
its sacred obligations, or to threaten its perpetuity.
'Thought Better of It. •
Not raft i ny months ago Hon. Moses Hampton, a
whig member of Congress from Allegheny, gave
notice tc4is friends that he intended to resign his
sent, anti requested them to Tut in nomination a
successor. This wee before Gen. Taylor died.—
Well, • time run on—the whigs put , in nomination
Hon. Harmer Denny, the Democrats, Dr. McClin
tock, for the unexpired term. -But s , as we said be
tore,.Hen. Taylor died, and the Cabinet appointment
'Moses intended to slip into, aliped out of hie fin
gers; and ae Mr. Fillmore did'ut seem to appreciate
his qualifications, helms thought better of it, and
declares his determination not to vacate his seat—•
that, ho-ia determined 'hall not slip fromunder him,
nor the "dimes and dollars," which its occupation
will bring, into the fingers of any body but - himself.
Moses is a trump, that is. evident:
Accident at Dunkirk.
One of our Mel Cleieland Steamers struck the
bottete while coming Out of Dunkirk Harbor yea
terdtty, and stove some of her timbers. *She-was
not seriously damaged ? however ? and 'continued her
trip as far as Erie Harbor.—WasVald Ar men/go.
•
Vie boat referred to above was the:Diamond:.
/3y continual pumping she was 141 . . afloat until she
arrived here ? when after , unloading ? and_,Stopidng
up the leak tempentrily , ? . she beck $ 9 aur a l*
for repairs. Dunkirkio decidedly:a good harbOr for
—skip builders!
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TrimnihoftlieDemoir4tioStibrniotnia.
:• The passage of the billSAbmh4d by Foote's emit
mittee of thirteen ; or tbeii:eqtitrilent, through the
two houtei'of Congress, and their signature by ihti
President, has 'peed - uttivereek joY through the
country. Not i:.voice,' save and except tho ill
omened crookers of the Seward end Jeff. Davis school
of sibigher law" politicians, north and south, is heard
in opposition. Whigs and Democrats alike join in
the congratulation; la well they may. The ship
of State is once mo e free from the breakers, and
the sea sheadis as calm , as the sky, above is clear.
That glorious constellation of stars which arose on
the shores of the Atlantic, - Surrounded with Ere and
blood, has crossed the Alleghenies, spread aver the
western praries, and is now belted by the Pacific.—
The Senators and Representatives from California
now set side and side with those from Maine, Mas
sachusetts, and 'the other Atlantic States. Her in
wrest is equal with theirs—she is no forwent dumb- ,
sister, but in the great family confederation of States
has a voice and vote potential for weal or for wo.—
With California'sndmiesion,New Mexico and Utah
are provided with territorial governments, and the'
vexed question of slavery in them is settled, or rath
er left to settle itself as the nature of the country
and the disporition of the people eeo fit. The ques
tion of boundary between Texas and New Mexico,
which for a time threatened to load to an open rup
ture between the Federal and State authorities, is
also adjusted. A bill for more effectually carrying
into effect the provisions of the constitution in re
gard to fugitive slaves, is also among the acts which
Congress has deemed necessary to allay the storm
against the peace of the Union; while another, for
the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Co
lumbia, has already passed the Senate, and will, no
doubt, as readily pass the House. With such results
as these, no wonder the country breaths freer and
deeper. And all this is the legitimate result *of the
Democratic policy, so ably, but ineffectually, upheld
and proclaimed by Gen. Cass and his friends in 1848.
And the months of agitation, anxiety and suspense
.--the millions sPent'during the present session, to
say nothing of the bad-feeling engendered between
the different sections of the Union—must all be laid
at the door where it cir right and justice belongs.—
With tho Boston Post, we any let it be "charged to
the right account—to the Seward whigs, who have
out and out, labored en facetiously, so madly, so lit
tle to the credit of wise legislation! lied these
politicians had their way, where would the country
in a short time have been? Texas and the United
States would have been soon AT WAR: what-cared
they? The Union would have been in imminent
jeopardy, if not dissolved: what cared they? Cali
fornia would not have been admitted, and something
like thin is just - what they wanted as party capital.
It was in vain that the public voice went!, up to the
national halls, imploring an imtnediate'adjustment,
and full of warning of the impending danger. They
affected to ridicule the anger, despised the warn-,
ing, and arrogated to themselves ail the genuine ,
love of freedom. The very politicians who, had
they_a year or two ago had their way, would not
have had an inch of
,Calrfornia, who would have
left it in the imbecile hands of Mexico, who exhaust
ed the language in their Billingsgate abuse of the
last democratic administration, affected to appear as
the special friends of this-new State, and ciumnrous
for her admission. But their wrong move in Con
gress gave the lie to their-words. Their votes did
all that votes could do'to defeat it, by defeating the
hills on the success of which they knew the admis
sion depended.'
It is not too much to charge the irritation that has
marked' the last nine months, the hostile feeling that
was arrying itself' with such fearful 'aspect at the
South against the North, the gathering of forces to
meet . in civil , war, the delay. of public business, the
waste of public money, the anxiety in commercial
men, to the policy of the Galphin administration,
known as won-sarrox, which neither recommend
the Wilmot Proviso nor repudiated it, but which
sought to avant; iv. Such. was the panacea so ex
tensively commended by the - narrow Seward whigs.
Non-action as to Utah, and New Mexico, and Tex.,
as, was the cry. Was ever policy more short-sight
ed? Was ever partisanship more dangerous? But
in vain did the patriot statesmen of the Senate, a
patriot press, and a patriot people cry out against it.
They could expose it with an eloquence antrindig.
nation that aro almost unequalled in our history, but
could not stop the mouths of the non-actionists..—
The latter bawled, loud for freedom, California, and
had the stereotyped doughface epithet for the great
men•who stood so nobly in the breach, and who de
serve so well of. their country; and thin was Argu
ment enough. And now, after their policy is dead
and buried, after it his scorned, ,after it is seen there
is nothing but disgrace about it; they are the earli
est to shout three cheers for California! Now. that
California is in the Union, it will bo well to remem
ber, always, who; put her in. who were her true
friends; and also to remember who, had they had
their way as to their contemptible non-action, would
have Iced on to civil tear, iceteed of procuring this
gloriolis addition to the vast empire of freedom.
While such heavy, judgment is fur the captious
who have' only worked delay, it is but bare justice
to giye,credit whore it is due. That California and
New Mexico aro parts of this great confederacy—
forever destined to witness the energies and tri
umphs of ranunom—forever to bp,a field on,which
American civilization is to spread—forever to be a
home for millions of God's freemen—is owing to the
bold, fearless, straightforward policy of a democrat
icadministmtion. Old fashioned federalism, new
namod whigery, always was, and always will be,
against the increase of American territory. The
struggles of , both to keep out Louisiana, and Tesaa,
and California were ,based on the same distrust of
the popular featurei in our government, the same
narrow politics; the'same want of comprehension.
The party that hati such a ground work is not fit to
govern the destiny of the vast region it would have
spurned. And with this glorious admission of ter
ritory there ought to come, in the minds of all true
patriots, a firm resolution to put men into . power
who have patriotism enough to rise above party and
servo their country. ti
Glorious, indeed, is the news! Tlie bills are sign
ed! The work that patriot democrats and prtriot
whigs in the Senate have toiled so for, is done!—
Thep le peace where there was discord—rejoicings
where there wee trembling..—confldence in a bright
future where• all was , gloomy. The despots of the
Old World are not to rejoice at seeing the Union of
the -New World dissolved." •
Q7' The Governor of this stale has - issued a :
Proclamation, 'oWering sloop' rearard for the appre
hension:of the murderers of Charlie Bird, a respect
able nuteiinio,of i'hiltalelPhla, 'lt - is to be hoped
that the laWiess
,gang' of rowdies' who have made
PhileilOphhorCterror to all orderly people, will'soon
be hrOlten up, and the entire band 'slept to the pen
itentiory;
Id PaVaarlifulp Per
.
$4141181; law" Beward eeema to be rather popular
in tboSpaate. His amendment to the sliest* bill
was rejected ion Friaifi'only three otheribeildei
himself solos for it, and forty-111.4%1nd 14
The Erie Congo= Vstrict.
hue H. Wt&Lltinc ' at present it ' State Senator from
Erie county. is the Federal candidate in, this district, of
which Hon. Jamie 'Naimoli. Democrat. is now the ef,
&hint, and esteemed' representative. • Mr. Cowns. of
Warren county; lathe Democratic candidate, and should
receive every Democratic vote. if not upon hie own mar-,
its, which aro decided.' at lewd against such a'eandidate,
as WaLllta. WILIER I. 0110 of the moat virulent and
violent Whigs in the Union. His whole coulee has been
marked:- either by treachery to his professions, or by as
saults upon the best interests,of the country. His com
plicity with the Dank of the United States in its worst
days—and his connection with tho corrupt legislation that
secured that Institution Its charter—should unite against
him the whole Democratic rank and filo. In the Stoto
Senate ho was one of the most vehement assailants of the
Democratic party, and on tho subject of slaverY, he seem
ed to have but one idea. and that was to protract the die
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pato between the two sections of the Union. by asserting
doctrines and lying votes of the most offensive charac
ter. Will the emocrato of Clarion. of Erie, of Warren.
of Jefferson. n d all that entire range of counties. help
inch a candidate by their votes or by their actions? That
noble district ought to poll a majority of at leaet a thou
euUt 'against him in October next.—Pennsylvanian.
A little too much, friend Forney; but soy five
hundred, and wo will honor the draft—nothing more
certain! He is as sure of being defeated as the elec
tion day comes. We have reliable.informationirona
the balance of the district, and if there ever were
any "clouds that lowerd round our house" they are
now In the "bosom of the deep ocean buried." Clar
ion will give Our Candidate her usual majority, not
withstanding the hank allorneyout Heroded Her
od, in announcing himself in favor of "protection for
protection's sake," at a meeting of the faithful on
Court week in that county. The tariff men of Clar
ion ire not so ignorant as the relic of the defunct
'monster took them to be, consequently when he
"piled on the agony" in , that manner, they, saw at
once , his 'arrant 'derrkagogueism. They know that
no such tariff as he proclaimed himself in favor of
can stand in this country, and consequently that
when such ultra and obsolete doctrine is attempted
to bo revived, they see at once that it injures instead
of benefits them. Them his connection with, and
participation in the reckoner of that fraudulent in
stitution, the United States Dank, is weiglAtg, him
dawn like a night-mare. No man can stand up
under such a weight in this district, and least of all
such an ono as Joh n 11. Walker. . Uncouth and
abrupt in his address—repulsive alike to polit'h al
friends and foes, he is as little calculated to w n
friends among the Democracy of this district as any
mart that conld have been selected. No Democrat'
will vote forthim where he is personally known—on
the contrary every one who has listened to his coarse
and brutal abuse of the memory of those illustrious
patriots, Jackson and Polk, will deem it a pleasure
and a duty to brand him through the ballot-box.—
To think that such -'man can be elected in this dis
trict is preposterous, rind we cheerfully pledge Mr.
Curtis' election by at least five hUndred!
Information Wanted.
What has become of the "President's planr
We have not heard a word in favor of its superior
excellence since Mr. Fillmore became President,
notwithstanding all the Whig papers hereabouts
declared themselves ready to live and die:by its
provisions every week before? Can the Gazelle
furnish the :desired information?—if not, perhaps
the new Editor of the' Chronicle can, es he is nreply
read in the dbadlanguages!
The Last Plank Removed
The whig papers of this District have been bowl
ing most piteously, for the past few weeks, about the
Tariff. They are very anxious—the Gazette par•
titularly so—to know how our . candinate, Mr. Cur
tis, stands iu regard to the "material modificat ion or
repeal of the , trariff of '•16." We certtinly cannot
enlighten them, for we never converied with him
upon the subject; but we can give them a piece of
information which ought to stop their clamor for the
present, in regard to tariff's. Mr. Toombs (whip )
from the committee of Ways and Means, reported
on Saturday last, that it was inexpedient to attempt
any legislation altering the existing duties cn im
ports. Good! Now let us hate a \ show of honesty,
at least, from Whig Editors and politicians for
the future.' They have for the last three or four
years been howling about 'iruin" and "distress,'
the avowed purpose of operating upon Congress.
Although all branches of indtistry have wipes
tionably flourished under the Operatione of the Ta
riff' of 1846, these croakers have ender.vorca to make
it appear .that the country has been going to de
struction with the 'speed of , a locomotive! But,
“Othello's occupation is gone"--the Galphin Edit
ors must henceforth find some now political hobby
upon which to ride. Poor souls!
137 In speaking of our increase of population in
the last ten years, our cotemporary of the Gazelle
said “we'believe agencies aro at
_work which will
cause a much morn rapid augmentation in subse
quent years." We really shouhrnt wonder if our
cotemporaiy spoke advisedly in the premises, as it
was'nt but a few days after when wo saw him
dashing by our office, in a Wench° and two, and
ho want alone either!
All Hail Naive. l'
Maine still maintains her proud position as the
frontier guard of democratic states. Hubbard, the
democratic candidate, has a clear majority over his
whig and free soil competitors, and both branches of
the Legislature are decidedly democratic, as usual.
The Congressional delegation will-stand as former
ly, viz: five democrats and two Whigs.
Q7' A Western orator, haranguing his audience nn
the vast extent and overwhelming population of the
American republic, exclaims by way' of climax,
“Fanouil Haltwas its cradle, but whar, whar shall
We .find timber enough fur its collie Just so;
where shell we; if we add a few more states like
California, and take another slice from Mexico.
Q7' The Richmond Enquirer contradicts the ru
mor, as far as it relates to Virginia, that the Gov
ernor of Texas applied to several Southern States
fur military aid against the General Government.
a' A dispatch frooi Washington statea that the
rumor that the American flog had been trampled up
on at Charlestown, turns, out, as might have been
expected, to be a hoax.
1:1? The new Editor of the Chronicle says we
are , jonly just what, nature designed" 118 "to be."
Thank you; but 'really we cannot return the compli
ment and tell the truth, for to our mind it is evident
you fro not "juSt what nature designed you to be"—
nature desigted you for •e foot, and education has
spoilt a capital specimen of natures handl-work
in that line. • • .
The Last of the .omnihue Through.
The bill abolishing;tba Slay.
s Trade in thpDie
triet of Columbia* passed the liouse.on ;
by a trete of 4,24 to 47. This is the last piece of tho
Omnibus and : completes the passage of the series of
measures reported by recitals celebrated 'committee
of thirteen.
Q 7" The Democratic Contemns' of the Congrea
sional district - tom' inured Of Franklin, Cuinbertand
and'Perry counties; met it Manilla, on last Tuea
"llaY, and' unahirnously , re-firiminated tor . Congress,
the Hon. Junes X. breLatrahan, of Chanitreiabiigli,
.Franklie county.
Aini nuns IN BOSTON.—Na a.
Ckercepondence of the Erie Observer.
Bosroxi Sept. 13, 1880.
Almost every one in the United States has heard
of.Faneuil Hall, the old "cradle of liberty," whine
walla have listened to the voices of America's inns
trious dead; the voices of the patriots and sages of
the Revolution. No American views it and la not
proud of the past. No orator lifts up hie voice be
neath its venerable roof, without alluding to iteihis
torical reminiscences, without invoking the spirika
of the "iron sons of '76," without congratulating
himself for the opportunity of making himself heard
within its time-honored portals. • This memorialof
,the,Past Is a great favorite In Boston. It is free on
certain easy conditions to every. sect and party.—
When the Whigs:wish to ratify some nomination,
or call,out some tremendous echoes, they rush to
Faneuil Hall. When the Democratic leaders wish
to touch up the "unterrified," and bring them out, en
masse, they put, up their mamoth posters at the
corners of the streets, headed In leviathan letters;
"Democrats! to Faneuil Hall!" So with the Abo
litionists, so with the Free &Here, and to the old
"cradle" all direct their steps. The "big guns" can
not speak except, in Faneuil Hal!, and rarely is a
meeting there thinly attended. The Hall is nearly
squire and will hold 4000 persons. There are no
seats in the body of the house; the galleries, which
'hive rude uncomfortable benches, usually "reserved
fur the ladies,". are supported by. stout pillars, not by
any means remarkable for style or finish. An enor
mous gaslight iron chandelier, is suspended from
the ceiling. When the motion to adjourn is carried,
the gas is lowered to the feeblest ray, and the mix
ed multitude disperse in double quick time. In this
twilight there may have been pockets picked, who
knows? The rostrum is a plain table like affair;
where the speaker is obliged to show himself to the
people full length. No hiding of crooked legs,
patched shoes, or tattered trowsers; he must stretch
himself for the inspection of the curious. The wall
behind ,'the rostrum is decorated with portraits of
Washington, Peter Fanelli), the donor of the Hall,
Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Gen. Knox. Com.
Treble, John Quincy Adams, and a bust of his fath
er...lo)l'n Adams. The picture of Washington is a
fine onq, by Stewart
tie stands full length beside Ilk noble ?Acct.
A tuan and hero, both to eoul and deed. I
The building is much cared for by the authorities;
it is kept in excellent repair, and were it.not for its
round dormar windows and somewhat antiquated
style, a stranger might pass it by as a fabric of re
cent date. It was built in 1742 by Peter Faneuil,
then a distingiiished merchant of Boston, and by him
presented to the city. The vane'on the old lash-.
lotted cupola, is a huge guilded grasshopper; and
well is he known by old and young. The winds
blow and the storms descend, the seasons come and
go, but the fine old Grasshopper is ever at his post,
heedless of the tempest and the flight cif Time.
The "Province House." the residence. of the Gov
ernors of Mass., in ohl colony tiinfs, still stands, a
mark of interest to thoso who love to look at things
suggestive of other days. No "sound of revelry"
heard within its walls; no guilded coach, as in olden
time, stops before its spacious door. It rears its
time stained front, but there are few to reverence it
or to° think kindly of it for what it has been.- It is
hemmed in by taller Buildings, which encroacts'even
\on its once broad court yard, and few have time or
Aisisosithm to seek it out, as we did, and spend a
thoughtful half bobs in meditating on the scenes it
4/as survived, and'comparing its former' provincial .
pomp, with its present sinking and forgotten state.
The old South Citurch. fimiliar to every reader
of American history, stands at the corner a milk
and Washington Streets; and every Sunday the voice
of the preacher is heard in its aisles. It is owned
by a very wealthy society. It wss erected in 1730,
and during the century and a fifth whiCh has elaps
ed, it has been memorable for the scenes which stave
been 'enacted within its walls. The interior of the
edifice remains as it has been since the Revolution.
While the British troops were quartered Isere in
1775—'-'76, this sacred temple was desecrated and
abed as a riding school by the English cavalry. To
prepare it for this unhallowed ptirpose the pulpit,
pews: and western gallery were - demolished; the
ground floor was covered with dirt and gravel, and
'a bar was placed west of the Milk street door for the
horses to jump over. The eastern galleries were
suffered to remain fur the accommodation of specta
tors, and spirituous liquors were•there provided for
such as resorted there to witness the feats of horse
manship. After the Revolutionary war, it was "sol
emnly rededicated to the worship of Almighty God,
by Rev. Joseph Eckley, pastorrof the church."' It
is built of brick, painted a light slate color. There
is nothing peculiar in Its appearance. Longtnay
it stand, and be as it is nr, dear to the people of
New England: .
The former residence of John Hancock, stands in
fine preservation on Beacon street, and is now occu
pied by one of his descendents. It is built of stone,
and noticeable for its primness and singular style.
The Massachusetts State House is a noble look 7
ing edifice. Its lofty spacious dome is the most
prominent feature of the city. It is the nose on the
face of Boston. For proof, see pictuies of the city.
There is no gorgeousness about the building; a re
publican affair, free to every one. Thousands, both
citizens and strangers visit tho dome windows for
the sake of the fine prospect commanded by-them.—
The whole city, the harbor, the country for miles
around, can there be seen. On a fine day the pano
rama is a truly magnificent one, hardly to be sur
passed in the World; so say travelers. ' The Repre
sentative's Hall is remarkable for nothing except an
old carved and painted figure of a Codfish, suspend
ed by his dorsal fin from some projection on the wall.
It is sk symbql probably of the Bay-State fisheries,
and was hung up there to remind the legislators of
their "chowder," and make them "hurry up" the
- atattitesfand "put 'eat through" by dinner time.—
I centre of the building, on the first floor, in
suitable place prepared for its cicpptioil, is a full:
length marble statue of '4l7ashinr:;,, executed by
Chantry. No bust or
. - trait I have seen of that
great man ever pleased me so much as this. There
he stands in beautiful proportion; goodness, honey
olente, firmness, the true nobility of :nature, all
beam from his majestic countenance: He looks the
embodiment of virtuous mannood. In a little niche,
not far from the statue, aro throe marble slabs; on
the first and second are inscribed, in chronological
order, the leading event-sof the war of Intlepondetice.
On tho third is an inscription which 1 have often
read, and as often have my eyes been suffusedfsith
tears,-and my heart thrilled with intense but raptor
-ous emotion. It may be silly and boyish, but loan
not-help it. The •inscription runs thus: 46Artieri
cans, while from this eminence scenes of luxuriant
fortility,"of nourishing commerce, and the abodes of
'social' happiness Meet your view, forget not those
Au 'by their exertions have secured to von ihese
blessings.'! :• Yours, • SCRIBCI•
U7' The Rochester Democrat states iion tb,fr hest
authority`," that' there' has, been a serious mutiny
among the “Knockips Girle,' recently returned from
New York, and that matters are nearly ripe for II
full disclosure of the "grand secret:l4
LIitTERB P-ROM PAIIIS:
Correspondence 01 the Eric Olnerver.
PARIS, Arover 23, 18.10,
Dear Frank:—What excuse can be offered i t ,
my long s il en ce? if I wore to give any it wouldk,
the hot-weather; and truly "it has made" a 'err
warm time, as the French have it. The therm oti .
eters hare been of no use, the cornmonlinstrumeet,
not b e i n g . graduated high enough to indicate tL,
temperature. 'lt came as near Holmes sql et set.
son" as possible:
"Plump 1000 of toOrti top ordered tights,
Hot.,cre the scorch ; op noon r,
Their eandte-moulds had crown as taste
As Coss%ek Pantal"ohc
The dog* run mad—men could not try
If water they would choose:
A horse fell dead—he only left •
Four red-hot, rusty %hot's?,
Last week, however, came relief in the. shape of
ono of the heaviest rain' I ever witnessed. For
nearly en hour it poured down in torrents; 14
mouths of the sewers, in many piaces,,becam e 0 4 .
strutted and the streets flooded in consequence;..
even some of the shops were inundated to thedepat
of a foot or more. In one place the water rote so
high that a party of boys swam about the temper s .'
rary lake, much to the amusement of the lookers -e a ,
In another, a drayman left his dray loaded with tap.
ty barrels, but when he returned, after the rain ceas
ed, he found nothing but his horse and cart; the
flood had carried of his load, which he found scat ,
tared about a square or two froni the spot. The
next day, the streets had the appearance, for the first
time, of being clean; the air was coot and pure,and
every countenance expressed a feeling Of relief--ee
though some bamboo had been removed from th e
mind. Truly a heavy rain is a great blessing, is
such city as Paris, for the streets, become dirty in
spite of the daily sweeping they receive. The city
has been very healthy, and although there are so
many causes here of an epidemic, none has prevail-
ed.- The Cholera seems to have done its walk len
year, upwards of forty thousand having died From it
in Paris alone. Speaking of this epidemic remicdl
me of the Hospitals of Paris,,of which a few worill
may :not prove uninteresting. They are of tap
Icindg, and are called "hospitals" and "Hospices'
The first are devoted to patients laboring under mt.
tidies considered curableond are again divided izt3
general and special hospitals; the first for the meet
tion of the ordinry patients of both sexee,'and Ike
last destined - only fur the treatment of a particulu
class of maladies. The hospitals pre fourteen is
number, furnished with about sevaia thouiand beds,
and affurdinerelief to upwards of one hundred and
fifty thousand patients each year.
The Hospices are fur the reception of infants
abandoned by their parents, and those rendered help.
less by age, or affected by some incurable dmaser.
The population of these is upwards cf twenty-thaa-
sand; or rather this is about the number annually
received in theze establishments. The prineipa!,
"La Salpetriare, was roundel. by Louis XIV, arid
takes its name from the fact that the building was
originally useit for a manufactory of saltpetre. Itis .
,now used exclus:yely for the treatment of fediale
patients, and within its walls there are now over
sixty thousand souls; some mad, acme epelectic and .
others decripid from age or disease, maiiing in all
such an aggregate of suffering as can be bound only
in a great oily like Paris. These charitable lam-
tutions are supported at an expense of about three
millions of dollars, and are under the control of a
"general council." The money does not come u'i•
reedy from 'government; the theatres are obliged to
pay a certain portion of their inctime to them; the
city of Paris pays annually a large sum, and they
have funded property to a large amount. Etch e -
tAblichnical has a "Director," who has charge ofthe
administration. In cases of urgency thOlnterne up-
on duty may admit patferits; bathey are venally re
quired to go to the "central bureau," where there
is always a physician and surgeon'in attendance.—
The physicians and surgeons are chosen from the
members of this "central bureau," and each have to
attend about seventy-6ve beds, of a morning. Since
the Fatientsare attended gratis, the hospitals are -
open to stti eTs every morning from seven to tea
or eleven, and sigh men as Velpean, Ricord, Jobert,
Roux, etc. etc. areollowed by a large erd - wd of stu
dents, brought here from all quarters of the world
by a common object. `After the visit all repair to
the ampitheatre where a\lecture is delivered Upon
the cases in The wards, and\any operations which
may be necessary are then mrid Each ward hay,
what is called, an ' 4 lntern'o," who, is a student of
medicine of acertain standing, and,d.-io<e duty it is
to visit- the patients every evening, andlrescribe is
canes of emergency. Finally, thetelre gl si iters" of
the different religions orders to beStovi
thole~little
attentions upon the sick which only a wornan'shod
can. Their whole lives seem devoted to doing geod
to their felloWs; and when I see their cheerful faces
under the plain white bonnets, and the alacrity with
which they hold the cup of water to the parched lips
of the invalid, and think that, to fulfil these ofEcesi
they have willingly resigned all that is usually held
dear in life, I am forced to admit the mission of wo
men to be a blessed one.
France may indeed be proud of her schools and
institutions of learning. They have been fostered
in a liberal spirit, and consequently thousands of
students flock here each year for the sake of study:
and if Paris is not "the centre of the world," as the
French say, it certainly a fforde greeter inducements
to the student than any other place in the world, and
may justly be called the centre of letters. i One no
hie feature in their system is that their schools are
free! Every one may attend their lectures, be he
white or black, rich or poor, Christian, Jew or Turk.
All are welcome alike. Will you study medicine
Vou hare lectures, hospitals, books free oral! charge,
and dissections at so low a price that it really
'amounts to nothing. Will you study the sciences?
You have the "Garden of Plante," pestelliA :.ear
ly every variety of tree, and thi ti b.
bollr',."lng in animal! fr -
flower; a
..vm every clime, with its cab
...cis of mineralogy, zollogy, comparative anatomy;
its lectures upon chewastry, botany, and the kindred
sciences—and all for the benefit of the student, and
that too without money and without price. The
same is true in respect toevery branch of knowledge
to which the human mind has devoted iteelf;—philo
sophy, poetry, languages, 'painting, ' , sculpture, ar
chitecture, all have their expounders. Would you
learn the art dying? go to the "Gobelius," and you
will see wool of every shade, tapestries which rival
the finest paintings, carpets so costly that only
Kin and Erriperors can tread upon them. Wina
you learn how to chose a horse on scientific princi
ples? go to the Veterinary school-at Allan, and you
can learn. Na expense seems to have been spared
by the government; on the contrary her institutions
of learning have each End all been fostered with roy
al munificence. And this is one great secret of the
growth of Paris. Students flock here from the foes
quarters of the globe because here are found the el-
:menu to satisfy all tastes; the practical man finds
the aliment he neede,, while the were book-worm
can dig and borrow his whole lifo among the leaves
OD the shelves or the Royal Library, and yet not ex.'
hewn khe
store. lied Napoleon been able to exe
"4 MI Plies Paris would indeed hare bcoa the